Wizard: I Have a World of the Dead

"boom--!"

The first row of shield walls exploded like paper in front of the three layers of stacked steel shields.

Shards of shields, skull fragments, and armor plates flew in all directions from the point of impact, creating a fan-shaped death zone.

Without pausing or slowing down, the Death Knight continued his unstoppable charge towards the second row.

"Boom—!" Another loud noise.

The shield, in front of the spear tip, was like a wooden board pierced by an iron spike, denting, tearing, and shattering inward from the point of impact.

The spear tip pierced through the back of the shield and into the chest of the shield-wielding skeleton. The dungeon skeleton, covered in stone-skinned armor and possessing nearly 30 points of constitution, was instantly torn to shreds.

However, with this barrier, the Death Knight's speed is still a bit too slow.

But that was all; its charge did not stop, and its long lance pierced the third row after breaking through the second.

"Boom—!" The final loud noise rang out.

Without any chance to resist, the Death Knight pierced through, smashing the skeleton blocking his path to pieces along with its shield.

In just a few breaths, Lin Qi's carefully arranged triple defenses were completely destroyed!

The speed was so fast that Lin Qi hadn't even reacted yet. His dazed mind first thought was:

"Charge? How is that possible?"

"Where did the Campbell Empire's wizards get the resources to create heavily armored cavalry with charge abilities?"

But now is not the time to think things through carefully...

"Clatter! Clatter!" The deadly, heavy sound of horses' hooves rang out again.

Although the shield wall in the third row slowed the Death Knight down considerably, it did not stop him.

After breaking through the third level, it continued its charge forward, its lance held horizontally, gleaming with a chillingly cold light, pointing straight ahead—and in that direction—

It was none other than Lin Qi!

"Oh, damn it!"

Lynch is furious!

While hurriedly calling for other undead to come to his rescue, he scrambled to the back and summoned the portal as quickly as possible.

Fortunately, the surrounding undead were not too far away, and the agile Dark Wolf arrived in time, leaping high into the air as its left head opened its mouth.

With a "whoosh!" sound.

A beam of ice-blue light, as thick as a man's thigh, shot out instantly, striking the Dark Knight's heavy armor and covering both man and horse with a layer of blue frost.

The Death Knight, who had just resumed running and was accelerating, suddenly slowed down.

Thanks to the Dark Wolf's delay, Diego, who had rushed to the farthest point, finally caught up and swung his greatsword to meet the charging Death Knight head-on.

"boom!"

A deafening, violent impact rang out, shaking the ground. A massive shockwave spread outwards like a blast of dust and bone fragments.

This unstoppable steel behemoth was finally stopped at this moment.

"Phew~"

Lin Qi breathed a sigh of relief, finally feeling a sense of relief: "Thank goodness..."

This time they were really overconfident. They should have brought their main force to intercept them immediately, instead of relying on these skeleton guards alone.

However, it can't be entirely blamed on him; who knew that this dark knight would have the knight skill Charge?

It's important to understand that powerful battlefield killing machines like the Heavy Knight require extremely advanced magical craftsmanship to create.

Out of the hundreds of kingdoms in the undead world, no more than twenty are capable of making this thing.

The Campbell Empire's magical civilization is only at level 2 or 3. Although it can build, it should only be able to build the first generation. The charge skill is a technology that only the second generation of heavy knights possesses.

The battle is still ongoing, but it is nearing its end.

The combat power of the heavily armored knights mainly lies in two aspects: group formation and charging.

Without speed boosts, a single heavily armored knight's combat strength is actually quite limited. After being stopped by Diego, the outcome of the battle was pretty much a foregone conclusion.

Before the other undead could arrive, Diego hacked them to pieces with a few sword strikes.

While the Death Knight was being slain, the remaining undead were also wiped out by Lynch's undead army.

Lin Qi took stock of the battle damage.

There were six skeletons hanging in the dungeon, all of them part of the dungeon undead, all caused by death.

With just one charge, they wiped out six of Lynch's undead.

Keep in mind that this is just one Death Knight, and just one Death Knight can cause such enormous destruction.

This demonstrates the power of this thing.

On land battlefields, this thing is practically a bug.

Of course, this doesn't mean that the Death Knight is completely invincible.

Just like elemental counters, ordinary legions are helpless against groups of heavily armored knights, so naturally wizards will develop combat units that can counter heavily armored knights.

Griffin riders, dragonhawk riders, and even the renowned dragon riders.

No matter how much the heavily armored knights dominate the land, they can't fly, so they can only passively take hits in front of these aerial units.

In addition, it is not completely invincible on land. This thing is highly dependent on the terrain and needs open terrain to exert its advantages. It is not very effective in mountainous terrain.

The same cavalry units, but the centaur legions, which are faster and have ranged capabilities, can outrun heavy knights like dogs.

In short, the unprecedented magical civilization that flourished in the undead world before its destruction also gave rise to an unprecedentedly powerful art of war.

In this world, no single type of unit can be considered invincible; only by combining and integrating different combat units can one achieve an undefeated position.

Approaching the corpse of the Death Knight, Lynch skillfully raised his hand:

Dominate the undead, activate!

Spiritual energy surged from the sea of ​​consciousness, transforming into countless invisible threads that burrowed into every shattered bone and every broken piece of armor.

The bones scattered across the wasteland flew upwards and pieced together in mid-air.

Ribs were put back in place one by one, and vertebrae were pieced together segment by segment, from the coccyx to the cervical vertebrae, the crisp clicking sound echoing across the silent wilderness.

The skull rolled across the ground, circled twice at the top of the cervical vertebrae, and landed steadily. Deep within the eye sockets, a faint but steady dark red light shone.

First the skeleton, then the armor, then the warhorse...

A moment later, a brand new Death Knight stood proudly once again under the blood moon.

Majestic and imposing.

Looking at the tall horse before him, Lin Qi exclaimed with interest, "Not bad, quite majestic!"

In the game, this is the type of unit he likes to build the most. Every time he builds a barracks, this is the first thing he does.

Lin Qi is now planning to do the same.

In the Undead world, players can mass-produce troops after starting the second chapter, "Ruins of the Land," and conquering the first main city in the Ruins of the Land.

At that time, you will be able to experience the fun of the Sea of ​​Undead Bones.

Lin Qi was quite looking forward to what it would be like to control a dense tide of skeletons in real life.

Pulling his wandering thoughts back, he opened the system panel to check the Death Knight's attributes.

Dominate the Undead: Death Knights (Iron Knights)

[Level: LV16. Attributes: Strength 28.3, Agility 29.8, Constitution 28.2.]

[Mastered Skills: Iron Hoof Stomp, Knight's Charge, Sprint Bonus.]

[Iron Hoof Stomp: The undead warhorse raises its forehooves and stomps heavily on the ground in front of it, gaining 30% increased damage from its Strength coefficient.]

[Knight's Charge: Increases the Death Knight's speed to its maximum for two seconds.]

[Sprint Bonus: Death Knight damage will increase by 3% to 300% as Death Knight speed increases.]

Iron Knights!

That's it!

Lin Qi finally understood why this Death Knight had the charge ability.

The Iron Knights were the direct knightly order of Count Lorenz, the original lord of Tulip Territory, also known as the Ruins.

This order of knights was not created by the wizards of the Campbell Empire, but rather by the Earl of Lorenz at great expense by the Lorin Empire, one of the five most powerful nations in the world.

It is a standard second-generation heavy armored knight order, so of course it has the standard skill of charging.

However, this knight order was relatively small, and Lynch rarely encountered it in the game, which is why he made the wrong judgment earlier.

What a blunder, what a blunder.

Shaking his head, Lin Qi silently remembered this lesson, then raised his head and looked ahead.

As all the undead in front were annihilated, the true appearance of the scenery behind, which had been obscured by the undead's vision, was revealed to Lin Qi without any obstruction.

This is...

Lin Qi's eyebrows twitched.